HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- David Fifer pleaded guilty today to the 2011 robbery of a Regions Bank in Meridianville.

Fifer, 48, of Memphis, was sentenced to 30 years in prison by Madison County Circuit Judge Billy Bell.

Fifer's guilty plea on a first degree robbery charge follows the conviction earlier this month of Maurice King, the alleged getaway driver.

Prosecutors Bob Becher and Jay Town said Fifer was the masked man who entered the Meridianville bank on April 20, 2011, shortly after it opened.

"We're very pleased with the sentence given Mr. Fifer for his criminal misconduct," Town said. "Mr. King and Mr. Fifer are professionals and the state of Alabama has put them into retirement for a long time."

According to testimony at King's trial, the masked robber was in the bank for less than a minute, threatened two and ran out with nearly $24,000.

A bystander saw the robber get into a gray Honda and called 911. Madison County Sheriff's Department investigator Brent Patterson notified authorities in Tennessee of the car's description and the Honda was soon spotted in Fayetteville, Tenn.

King and Fifer were arrested after leading Tennessee authorities on a roughly 20-mile chase from Fayetteville to Winchester. Investigator Joel Massey of the Fayetteville Police Department testified the chase down Tennessee 64 never got below 100 mph and at one point his speedometer read 130 mph.

A dashboard camera video from Lincoln County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Troy Wells showed the chase, with King and pursuing law enforcement vehicles dodging traffic, driving sometimes on the shoulder, narrowly missing a towed boat and King just avoiding a spike strip laid down to stop him.

The crash came after King drove into the downtown business district in Winchester, going the wrong way on a one-way street before hitting a telephone pole and spinning into a Confederate cemetery.

The two men were then arrested.

King was scheduled to be sentenced later this afternoon, but the hearing was continued until Aug. 30 to allow prosecutors to get complete information about his prior convictions in Tennessee.

Updated at 3:30 p.m. to include continuance of King's sentencing hearing.